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The Link Between Arctic Warming and Extreme Winter Weather

The polar region is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet, and that extra heat is causing a cocktail of extreme weather. Heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense, while cold snaps are becoming more widespread and severe.

By Marc Bonne 3 Sep 2021

IIASA Researchers Assess How Much Energy is Needed to Provide a Decent Life for All

IIASA researchers have assessed how much energy is needed to provide the global poor with a decent life and have found that this can be reconciled with efforts to meet climate targets.

3 Sep 2021

Deadline Messaging may be Effective in Communicating Climate Change Action

Human-caused climate change - including increased extreme weather and climate events - is here, according to the recently released United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2021 report, but the best way to communicate the concern is still debated.

3 Sep 2021

Adaptive and Translational Approaches Needed to Manage Ecosystems Under Climate Change

In a Perspective, Stephen Jackson argues that a static view of ecosystem processes is no longer sufficient to inform conservation and natural resource management approaches.

3 Sep 2021

Keeping Social Vulnerability in Mind to Mitigate Natural Hazards

To mitigate natural hazards equitably, PhD candidate Ipek Bensu Manav of the MIT CSHub is incorporating social vulnerability into resilience engineering and hazard recovery.

3 Sep 2021

NTU Singapore Partners with Hyundai Motor Group to Develop Advanced Solutions for EV Manufacturing

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) have entered into an agreement to conduct a series of joint research projects focusing on advanced solutions for the manufacturing of electric vehicles (EVs) and to develop future mobility solutions.

3 Sep 2021

Arctic Change Linked to Extreme Winter Weather in the United States

A new study shows that the frequency of polar vortex disruptions that is most favorable for extreme winter weather in the United States is increasing, and that Arctic change is likely contributing to the increasing trend.

3 Sep 2021

Researchers Discuss Potential Benefits and Drawbacks of a Global Food Panel

The first United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS), scheduled for September, could be as historic to food system transformation as the Rio Earth Summit of 1992 was to climate change.

3 Sep 2021

New Food Freezing Method Improves Quality, Saves Energy, and Reduces Carbon Emissions

Shifting to a new food freezing method could make for safer and better quality frozen foods while saving energy and reducing carbon emissions, according to a new study by U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University of California-Berkeley scientists.

3 Sep 2021

Research Offers Clean Solutions to the World's Mounting Energy Dilemma

Meeting society's growing energy needs has become a daunting challenge for humanity. Demands for energy are expected to nearly double by the year 2050, while the effects of climate change, caused by the burning of fossil fuels, are already wreaking havoc in the form of droughts, wildfires, floods and other disasters.

3 Sep 2021